Mumsnet Moonwatch

Mumsnet Talk

"The country's most popular meeting point for parents" The Times
  Topics | Active | Search  
discountpartnersnew MEMBER DISCOUNTS Get a 10% discount from Boden (inc free delivery and returns). To see all member discounts, click here. Not a member yet? Join Mumsnet for free here. discountpartnersnew

Recipe of the week

penguinmum's creamy fish pie: smoky, seasonal fish in a creamy white sauce with grated, rather than mashed, tatties on top - a meal of the highest comfort-food order.

MN Local

Please login or join Mumsnet first.

Follow mumsnet on...

TwitterFacebookYoutube


Mumsnet Talk


Start new thread within this topic | Watch this thread | Flip this thread |
Add a message

   Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications, experience, or professional qualifications of anyone posting on Mumsnet Talk and cannot be held responsible for any advice given on the site. If you have any serious medical concerns we would urge you to consult your GP.

Any experts on scar tissue, stiches etc?

(5 Posts)
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:18:33
no I completely agree with you about the silliness if the tweezers thing!
To clarify it was on the bit of the wound that looked healed with a dried up scab and we thought it was cotton fluff from something like a flannel or towel etc. it was pulling the "fluff" that revealed it was the end of a stitch. We were both really suprised as we thought they were all removed .
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:43:36
He wil need to go back to the GP and see the practice nurse.

The wound will need to be swabbed and examined. When swabs are back, correct ABs will be prescribed.
the Abs that have already been taken will probably have been broad spectrum and so cover a multitude of bugs.

If it is a sinus, it will need to heal from the inside out. It will take time.

Trouble is the face is an open exposure to every bug flying around in the air isnt it, so very difficult to avoid infection.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:39:22
Forgive me, but you really should not be sticking tweezers into an open wound. You may well have made it much much worse and introduced a world of more infection.

Is the sinus associated with the lump removal?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:35:42
and can anyone explain what a sinus means because dh said his company occupational nurse said he might have one.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:25:04
dh had a small lump cut out of his face six weeks ago. It was diagnosed as a harmless lichenoid thingy?????
He had several blue stiches which were removed a short time after, however the wound never really healed up and it became infected. He has had two courses of ab's but still has visible holes that look like little tunnels with tiny threads of skin trying to heal over them.
This evening he asked me to look at the scab as he said he could see some cotton like fibres on it. I pulled it with a tweezer and a white thread like a stitch came out with quite a lot of pus oozing away. He has three similar looking things on the area with a swelling.
He believes he may have had stitches inside .
Could he have been reacting to these stitches and what does he do now?
He is saying that he will be off work next friday and if it's still looking bad then he will return to the hospital that performed the procedure.
I think he has been treated terribly so far with both the g.p and the nurse just giving him pills without actually looking at the wound at all.
Add your message here
Message
Nickname:
Password:
To post a message you need a valid mumsnet nickname and password. If you have forgotten your nickname, click here for a reminder. If you are not yet a member of mumsnet, you can join here.

Emphasis: To bold a word, surround it with asterisks, so *hello* will display hello. For underline use _ , so _hello_ gives hello. For italics use ^, so ^hello^ gives hello. To strike out a word, surround it with two hyphens either side, so --dog-- gives dog

Links and smileys: To insert a smiley face,  , type [smile] or :)
For a big grin,  , type [grin] or :o
For a wink,  , type [wink]
For a shocked face,  , type [shock]
For an angry face,  , type [angry]
For an embarrassed face,  , type [blush]
For a sad face,  , type [sad] or :(
For an envious face,  , type [envy]
For a sceptical face,  , type [hmm]
For a no comment face,  , type [biscuit]

Links The simplest way to insert a link is to enter the link itself, surrounded by [[ and ]]. So if you type [[www.mumsnet.com]], the link will display as http://www.mumsnet.com. If you want your link to display text other than the web address itself, leave a space after the address then add the text before the ]]. So "Look at [[www.mumsnet.com this page]]", would display "Look at this page".
Shortcuts